Taygete

In Classical Greek mythology, Taygete (/teɪˈɪdʒətiː/; Ancient Greek: Ταϋγέτη, Ancient Greek: [taːyɡétɛː], Modern Greek: [taiˈʝeti]) was a nymph, one of the Pleiades according to the Bibliotheca (3.10.1) and a companion of Artemis, in her archaic role as potnia theron, "Mistress of the animals", with its likely roots in prehistory. Mount Taygetos in Laconia, dedicated to the goddess, was her haunt.

Greek deities
series
Nymphs
For the moon of Jupiter, see Taygete (moon).
Taygete
Member of the Pleiades
The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder
AbodeMt. Cyllene on Arcadia, later
Mt. Taygetos on Laconia
Personal information
Parents(a) Atlas and Pleione or Aethra
(b) Agenor
Siblings
(a) Pleiades
(a) Hyades
  • 1 include Dione or
  • 2 includes Thyone and Prodice or
  • 3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or
    (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or
  • 5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or
    (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or
    (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis
(a) Hyas
Consort(1) Zeus
(2) Lacedaemon
Children(1) Lacedaemon and Eurotas
(2) Himerus

The Taygetus mountain on the Peloponnese was named after her.

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